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Since the mid-1980s, an increase in incidence of invasive disease caused by group A streptoccoci has been noted amongst adults and children; however, neonatal disease is still rare. Between 1979 and 1998, seven neonates with severe group A streptoccocal disease were admitted to our neonatal intensive care unit. The clinical presentation, treatment and outcome are described. In three cases of early-onset disease vertical transmission was documented.
Conclusion Because the incidence of group A streptococcal disease in the general population seems to have increased over the last two decades, we should be aware of the possibility and particularly the severity of group A streptococcal disease in the neonatal period.
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Received: 15 February 1999 / Accepted: 10 August 1999
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Verboon-Maciolek, M., Krediet, T., van Ertbruggen, I. et al. Severe neonatal group A streptococcal disease. Eur J Pediatr 159, 450–452 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004310051305
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